Blue Brawlers in Dominaria

If you’ve played 1v1 Brawl on Magic Online for any amount of time, you’ve probably seen the mono-blue Baral deck. This article is not about Baral. While Blue has become the most feared color in the Brawl format, I’m here today to share some fun, casual Brawl decks that embody what Blue does best.

Tetsuko Umezawa

First up, we have a Mono-Blue deck featuring Tetsuko Umezawa. Her ability to make your creatures unblockable lets you play a different game while the board is clogged up. The deck tries to get in a few points of damage every turn while drawing cards, disrupting your opponent’s plans, and basically being a nuisance.

Our other creatures have either power or toughness 1 or less to utilize Tetsuko‘s ability as much as possible, with most aiming for the low toughness so their power can be boosted by other means. Stand-outs include Ovalchase Dragster (the only 6/1 currently in Standard, and with haste, to boot!), Graven Abomination (accidental graveyard hate is nice), and Daring Saboteur (for the looting ability and activated unblockability if needed).

Tatyova, Benthic Druid

The other deck I brewed up is helmed by Tatyova, Benthic Druid. This deck is fairly straightforward in that all it wants to do is ramp until it can cast a big spell. The goal is to get Tatyova out and get her to stick while you draw extra cards and gain some life from your many, many land drops.

We have fifteen ways to ramp in this deck, as you will want to get to five mana as quickly as possible, and the extra land that these cards put onto the battlefield is what makes the deck work. We’re running the blue and green cycling deserts, as well as the blue and green Memorials and Evolving Wilds because of Quarry Beetle. Its ability to bring a land back from the graveyard is a nice upside that this deck can really take advantage of.

Rounding out this deck are the support cards of Crook of Condemnation and Wildest Dreams. I’ve mentioned the Crook earlier, and I believe it to be a fair inclusion in most Brawl decks. Wildest Dreams shines here in the late game when you have run out of resources and have a ton of mana.

Adam is an Overstock Lead at Card Kingdom. He’s been playing Magic since 1994 and is always looking for new ways to enjoy his favorite game. Adam is an amateur game designer and has been creating original Magic card and mechanic designs since 2012, including Card Kingdom’s Lumeria: The Infinite City. You can find him on Twitter at @madolaf, and listen to his Magic design podcast, Beacon of Creation.